NDAs as a Price Tag on Criticism (or Honest Expressions of Opinion)
When rich people have plenty to hide they pay people to keep quiet
Suppose Microsoft sent you an "offer" this week, saying you are "eligible" for a crummy so-called 'buyout'. Would you feel lucky? Would you take it? And if not, would that not "offend" the company and would there be no retaliation somem time later for not taking "the offer" you were meant to take and "cannot refuse"?
Whose yet, as we explained before, both Microsoft and IBM's various companies (including Red Hat) attach NDAs as in non-disparagement (set aside disclosure!) clauses to almost everything.
So if you got "RAs" by IBM and wanted to go to social control media and rant, that'll cost you. How much? $10,000? $20,000? More? Depends on the NDAs and the offer served to keep you quiet, right?
Suppose you want to blow the whistle and have evidence to support what you're asserting about Microsoft, IBM etc. How much would that cost? What would be the personal benefit? How much would you stand to lose by being honest?
We covered this before; Microsoft Crime: A Week Later No Investigation Launched, No Microsoft Executives Prosecuted, Nobody Phoned the Police, Not Even a Slap on the Wrist
An insider who opened his mouth regarding Microsoft crime saw virtually nobody held accountable.
NDAs like these are considered illegal in the US, but Microsoft and IBM laugh at the law and never get punished for it. This was yesterday:
What ever happened to accountability? Suppressed by reverse bribes (via NDAs)? █